Locking whip-socket



(No Model.)

M. W. RYLAND. LOGKING WEI? SOCKET.

Patented Jul 28, 1885.

m-mmcgmpher, wuhingm. DA cA Unirse STATns ATnrvT @Trice9` MARION lV. RYLAND, OF VVARSAV, INDIANA.

LGCKING WHIP-SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 323,369, dated July 28, 1885.

Application filed June l, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, MARION W. RYLAND, of Y'Varsaw, county of Koseinsko and Stateot' Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Whip Socket and Loch, of which the 'ollowin g is a fulholear, and exact description, that will en-A able others to malte and use the same, refer ence being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

The object ot' this invention is to provide a combined whip socket and lool; whereby a whip may be locked in place and prevented from being stolen; and it consists in certain novel features in the construction, arrangement, and combination ofthe parts, as will bc hereinafter set forth.

' Figure 1 is a vertical section of a whip socket and lock embodying my improved features 5 Fig. 2,21 side elevation; Fig. 3, a transverse section in the plane 3 3, Fig. l Fig. 4,a plan view showing the edge ot' the dash-board in section; Fig. 5, a transverse section in the plane 5 5, Fig. l; Fig. 6, a transverse section in the plane 6 6, Fig. l. Fiv. 7 shows the under side of adetachable plate which closes the loclrvchamber in the base ofthe whip-socket; and Fig. S shows a transverse section of a ring adapted to be placed on the butt of a whiphandle.

teferring to the drawings, A represents a whipsocket; A', the butt of a whip inserted in the same; A2, an enlarged base formed on the lower end of the socket, and B a lock-chamber in said base. The whip-socket proper may be of any particular design or finish, and in this case is provided with an enlarged hollow base, A2, in which are placed the series ot tumblerwheels a a a?, adapted to rotate in a horizontal plane. The tumbler-wheels are provided with one or more notches, a?, in the edges, as shown in Figs. l. and 3, and one or more of the tumbler-wheels :have also a number of keyseats, at, in the hub, as shown in Fig. 3, which permitot'the combination bein g changed. The upper tumbler-wheel, a, is mounted on the eX- treme upper end of the spindle B', which projects below the chamber A2, and has the letter-disk b mounted on the lower outer end, so that by rotating the disk b a corresponding movement is imparted to the spindle and the tumbler-wheel a.. The middle tumbler-wheel, a, is mounted on the upper end of the sleeve d, while the corresponding` letter-dish., b', is mounted on the lower projecting end, this sleeve being adapted to turn loosely on and independent ofthe spindle B. The third and last ofthe series of tumblerwheels a? is mounted on the inner or upper end of the second sleeve, d', the corresponding letter-disk, b2, being mounted on the lower outer end of the sleeve d', which turns loosely on the companion sleeve d. The letter-disks may be provided on their upper edges with letters, as shown in Fig. 5, or other suitable indicating characters. These disks are cut out between each otl the letters, forming the V-shaped notches a5, for the purpose of allowing the characters on the lower companion wheels to be readily observed. These disks are also provided with a second series oi' smaller notches, a, arranged between each of said V- notches. rlhe upper end of the anglebracket B2 is secured to the enlarged base ofthe whipsocltet, while the lower end is slotted for the insert-ion of the outer end of the leaf-spring B3.

The inner end ct' this spring engages with the series ot' notches al; in the diskfu-*heels b b b2 and forms a click for said wheels, so that the device may be locked by sound when it is not desirable or necessary to lock on the combination. The angular locking-bolt (l is provided with a pivotal bearing near its longitudinal center, the piv0t-pin b" having abea-rin g in the lugs l1 b5, formed on the whip-socket. The upper end ot' this bolt is adapted to enter the whipsoclret through the apertures d2 and have contact with the whip-stock at a point above the ring (lil, secured to the butt-end ot' the stock, as shown in Fig. l, by which means the whip is retained in the socket until unlocked. The lower end ot the locking-bolt is adapted to enter and engage with the tumblerwheels in the lock-chamber when the notches in the edges of the same are brought into line, the spring d* automatically throwing the upper end ot' the boltout of a locking position.

The locking mechanism may be removed from its chamber by simply taking ott' the plate d5.

The whip-socket is provided with one or more clamping-brackets D, having correspond- IOO ing clamping-plates, D', to be placed ou the opposite side of t-he dash-board D2, the two parts being secured together by bolts passing through said dash-board, as shown in Fig. 4.

lhe lapping-ring d, shown in Figs. l and 8, is adapted to be attached to the butt-end of whip-stocks, and forms a catch for the locking-bolt. In many eases Whip-stocksare made with a knob or ring on the end, in which ease the ring cl3 is not required.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with a Whip-socket havingalock-chamber located in the base thereof, of a number of tumbler-wheels in said chamber, a corresponding series of letterdisks placed below said chamber, and the means described for mounting and connecting said wheels and disks, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a Whip-socket provided with a locking mechanism secured to the base, as described, of an angular locking-bolt having a pivotal movement, the upper end of said bolt being adapted to enter said socket and lock the Whip in place, and the means for throwing said bolt into an unlocked position, substantiall y as set forth.

3. The combination, with a whip-socket, of the angle-bracket B2, the leafsprng B3, and the series of letter-disks provided vwith the notches as, substantially as set forth.

MARION WV. RYLAND.

Witnesses L. M. FREEMAN, J. B. DoNALsoN. 

